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Within
a
few
weeks
Snowball
’
s
plans
for
the
windmill
were
fully
worked
out
.
The
mechanical
details
came
mostly
from
three
books
which
had
belonged
to
Mr
.
Jones
—
‘
One
Thousand
Useful
Things
to
Do
About
the
House
’
,
‘
Every
Man
His
Own
Bricklayer
’
,
and
‘
Electricity
for
Beginners
’
.
Snowball
used
as
his
study
a
shed
which
had
once
been
used
for
incubators
and
had
a
smooth
wooden
floor
,
suitable
for
drawing
on
.
He
was
closeted
there
for
hours
at
a
time
.
With
his
books
held
open
by
a
stone
,
and
with
a
piece
of
chalk
gripped
between
the
knuckles
of
his
trotter
,
he
would
move
rapidly
to
and
fro
,
drawing
in
line
after
line
and
uttering
little
whimpers
of
excitement
.
Gradually
the
plans
grew
into
a
complicated
mass
of
cranks
and
cog
-
wheels
,
covering
more
than
half
the
floor
,
which
the
other
animals
found
completely
unintelligible
but
very
impressive
.
All
of
them
came
to
look
at
Snowball
’
s
drawings
at
least
once
a
day
.
Even
the
hens
and
ducks
came
,
and
were
at
pains
not
to
tread
on
the
chalk
marks
.
Only
Napoleon
held
aloof
.
He
had
declared
himself
against
the
windmill
from
the
start
.
One
day
,
however
,
he
arrived
unexpectedly
to
examine
the
plans
.
He
walked
heavily
round
the
shed
,
looked
closely
at
every
detail
of
the
plans
and
snuffed
at
them
once
or
twice
,
then
stood
for
a
little
while
contemplating
them
out
of
the
corner
of
his
eye
;
then
suddenly
he
lifted
his
leg
,
urinated
over
the
plans
,
and
walked
out
without
uttering
a
word
.
The
whole
farm
was
deeply
divided
on
the
subject
of
the
windmill
.
Snowball
did
not
deny
that
to
build
it
would
be
a
difficult
business
.
Stone
would
have
to
be
carried
and
built
up
into
walls
,
then
the
sails
would
have
to
be
made
and
after
that
there
would
be
need
for
dynamos
and
cables
.
(
How
these
were
to
be
procured
,
Snowball
did
not
say
.
)
But
he
maintained
that
it
could
all
be
done
in
a
year
.
And
thereafter
,
he
declared
,
so
much
labour
would
be
saved
that
the
animals
would
only
need
to
work
three
days
a
week
.
Napoleon
,
on
the
other
hand
,
argued
that
the
great
need
of
the
moment
was
to
increase
food
production
,
and
that
if
they
wasted
time
on
the
windmill
they
would
all
starve
to
death
.
The
animals
formed
themselves
into
two
factions
under
the
slogan
,
"
Vote
for
Snowball
and
the
three
-
day
week
"
and
"
Vote
for
Napoleon
and
the
full
manger
.
"
Benjamin
was
the
only
animal
who
did
not
side
with
either
faction
.
He
refused
to
believe
either
that
food
would
become
more
plentiful
or
that
the
windmill
would
save
work
.
Windmill
or
no
windmill
,
he
said
,
life
would
go
on
as
it
had
always
gone
on
—
that
is
,
badly
.
Apart
from
the
disputes
over
the
windmill
,
there
was
the
question
of
the
defence
of
the
farm
.
It
was
fully
realised
that
though
the
human
beings
had
been
defeated
in
the
Battle
of
the
Cowshed
they
might
make
another
and
more
determined
attempt
to
recapture
the
farm
and
reinstate
Mr
.
Jones
.
They
had
all
the
more
reason
for
doing
so
because
the
news
of
their
defeat
had
spread
across
the
countryside
and
made
the
animals
on
the
neighbouring
farms
more
restive
than
ever
.
As
usual
,
Snowball
and
Napoleon
were
in
disagreement
.
According
to
Napoleon
,
what
the
animals
must
do
was
to
procure
firearms
and
train
themselves
in
the
use
of
them
.
According
to
Snowball
,
they
must
send
out
more
and
more
pigeons
and
stir
up
rebellion
among
the
animals
on
the
other
farms
.
The
one
argued
that
if
they
could
not
defend
themselves
they
were
bound
to
be
conquered
,
the
other
argued
that
if
rebellions
happened
everywhere
they
would
have
no
need
to
defend
themselves
.
The
animals
listened
first
to
Napoleon
,
then
to
Snowball
,
and
could
not
make
up
their
minds
which
was
right
;
indeed
,
they
always
found
themselves
in
agreement
with
the
one
who
was
speaking
at
the
moment
.
At
last
the
day
came
when
Snowball
’
s
plans
were
completed
.
At
the
Meeting
on
the
following
Sunday
the
question
of
whether
or
not
to
begin
work
on
the
windmill
was
to
be
put
to
the
vote
.
When
the
animals
had
assembled
in
the
big
barn
,
Snowball
stood
up
and
,
though
occasionally
interrupted
by
bleating
from
the
sheep
,
set
forth
his
reasons
for
advocating
the
building
of
the
windmill
.
Then
Napoleon
stood
up
to
reply
.
He
said
very
quietly
that
the
windmill
was
nonsense
and
that
he
advised
nobody
to
vote
for
it
,
and
promptly
sat
down
again
;
he
had
spoken
for
barely
thirty
seconds
,
and
seemed
almost
indifferent
as
to
the
effect
he
produced
.
At
this
Snowball
sprang
to
his
feet
,
and
shouting
down
the
sheep
,
who
had
begun
bleating
again
,
broke
into
a
passionate
appeal
in
favour
of
the
windmill
.
Until
now
the
animals
had
been
about
equally
divided
in
their
sympathies
,
but
in
a
moment
Snowball
’
s
eloquence
had
carried
them
away
.
In
glowing
sentences
he
painted
a
picture
of
Animal
Farm
as
it
might
be
when
sordid
labour
was
lifted
from
the
animals
’
backs
.
His
imagination
had
now
run
far
beyond
chaff
-
cutters
and
turnip
-
slicers
.
Electricity
,
he
said
,
could
operate
threshing
machines
,
ploughs
,
harrows
,
rollers
,
and
reapers
and
binders
,
besides
supplying
every
stall
with
its
own
electric
light
,
hot
and
cold
water
,
and
an
electric
heater
.
By
the
time
he
had
finished
speaking
,
there
was
no
doubt
as
to
which
way
the
vote
would
go
.
But
just
at
this
moment
Napoleon
stood
up
and
,
casting
a
peculiar
sidelong
look
at
Snowball
,
uttered
a
high
-
pitched
whimper
of
a
kind
no
one
had
ever
heard
him
utter
before
.
At
this
there
was
a
terrible
baying
sound
outside
,
and
nine
enormous
dogs
wearing
brass
-
studded
collars
came
bounding
into
the
barn
.
They
dashed
straight
for
Snowball
,
who
only
sprang
from
his
place
just
in
time
to
escape
their
snapping
jaws
.
In
a
moment
he
was
out
of
the
door
and
they
were
after
him
.
Too
amazed
and
frightened
to
speak
,
all
the
animals
crowded
through
the
door
to
watch
the
chase
.
Snowball
was
racing
across
the
long
pasture
that
led
to
the
road
.
He
was
running
as
only
a
pig
can
run
,
but
the
dogs
were
close
on
his
heels
.
Suddenly
he
slipped
and
it
seemed
certain
that
they
had
him
.
Then
he
was
up
again
,
running
faster
than
ever
,
then
the
dogs
were
gaining
on
him
again
.
One
of
them
all
but
closed
his
jaws
on
Snowball
’
s
tail
,
but
Snowball
whisked
it
free
just
in
time
.
Then
he
put
on
an
extra
spurt
and
,
with
a
few
inches
to
spare
,
slipped
through
a
hole
in
the
hedge
and
was
seen
no
more
.
Silent
and
terrified
,
the
animals
crept
back
into
the
barn
.
In
a
moment
the
dogs
came
bounding
back
.
At
first
no
one
had
been
able
to
imagine
where
these
creatures
came
from
,
but
the
problem
was
soon
solved
:
they
were
the
puppies
whom
Napoleon
had
taken
away
from
their
mothers
and
reared
privately
.
Though
not
yet
full
-
grown
,
they
were
huge
dogs
,
and
as
fierce
-
looking
as
wolves
.
They
kept
close
to
Napoleon
.
It
was
noticed
that
they
wagged
their
tails
to
him
in
the
same
way
as
the
other
dogs
had
been
used
to
do
to
Mr
.
Jones
.
